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ent ships, and were well cared for, as shipwrecked 

 seamen, by the American consul at Honolulu. 

 Not long after, the officers, and all the crew 

 with the exception of two, had arrived at the 

 islands. 



It is proper here to state the readiness with 

 which aid was proffered in supplying the neces- 

 sary wants of the destitute among our number. 

 The shipwreck and nine months in the Arctic 

 had left some of our companions absolutely des- 

 titute ; and when they arrived at the islands, after 

 more than a year's absence at the north, they 

 had but little, if any thing more than in what 

 they stood, or what they had on. 



There were not wanting, however, kind friends, 

 willing minds, and generous hearts at the islands, 

 both among the citizens of the place and officers 

 of ships in port, who cheerfully rendered imme- 

 diate aid to the needy and destitute. 



The following Card was published in The 

 Polynesian November 19, 1853 : — 



" Captain Thomas H. Norton, late of the 

 whaleship Citizen, of New Bedford, wrecked 

 in the Arctic Ocean September 25, 1852, re- 

 turns his thanks to Captain Goosman, of the 

 ship Joseph Hayden, for relief afforded himself 

 and men, in taking them off East Cape, and 



